Georgia / Abkhazia: Remains returned to families provide relief and dignity 25/7/2016, Missing - International stories The unresolved issue of missing persons continues to burden Georgian and Abkhaz families and society many years after the end of the 1992–1993 ...
Nelson Mandela International Day 18/7/2016 Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black President, is commemorated every year on 18 July, his birthday, also known ...
Basketball Wheelchair Project in the Gaza Strip – A shot that is worth more than three points 11/7/2016 In Gaza, at the invitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jess Markt, an American who began playing wheelchair basketball ...
The Missing from the conflict between Israel and Hamas: Two Years On 5/7/2016, Missing - Israel and the Occupied Territories / News releases and statements The Missing and their families must not be forgotten. Clinging to glimmers of hope that ...
Iraq: Highest number of displaced in 2015 4/7/2016 As the conflict escalates, Iraq has seen the highest numbers and fastest rate of people displaced in the world in 2015. According to ...
Philippines: Drought-stricken farmers in North Cotabato receive food 3/7/2016 Crop failures have left people desperately short of food in conflict-affected areas of North Cotabato Province in the Philippines. The ICRC and the ...
Russian Federation: Fighting Star Wars by the rules 26/6/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences Every year, the Martens Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law brings together the best law students, if not from the entire universe ...
“Even war has limits” – a bar talk with Dr. Helen Durham 15/6/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences Join us to a Bar Talk with ICRC Head of International Law and Policy, Dr. Helen Durham The meeting will be held on ...
Cyberweek 2016: Round Table on the Intersection of IHL and Cyberspace 14/6/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences Can cyber be used as a method of warfare? Is data a target? Can it be considered a target under the under International ...
ICRC in Israel launches an updated commentary to the First Geneva Convention 31/5/2016, IHL / IHL events and conferences Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ICRC senior legal adviser who heads this project, visited Israel for the launch The updated commentary of the First Geneva Convention ...
